Abstract: A squeeze bottle containing a liquid product, such as antiperspirant and the like, has a dispensing nozzle internally forming a swirl chamber having opposed orifices each having its own inlet. One inlet is connected with a dip tube that dips into the liquid when the bottle is upright, and the other inlet connects with an air space above the liquid when the bottle is upright. When the bottle is squeezed, the swirl chamber receives opposed jets of the liquid and air, producing an atomized spray. When the bottle is inverted, the dip tube opens into the air space formed in the bottom of the inverted bottle, while the other inlet is connected with the liquid so that again opposed liquid and air jets enter the swirl chamber.

Abstract: A portable dispensing device which includes a head assembly having an orifice therein and a handle assembly removably attached to said head assembly. The handle assembly includes a hollow substantially rigid reservoir housing having a piston assembly axially mounted therein and a means at the end of the housing opposite the head assembly for sealing the housing. A tapered expandable sleeve having a compensating expander therein, cooperating with a mating element within said sleeve and on the exterior of the expander for preventing rotational movement between the sleeve and the expander. A piston compressing adjusting disk is provided for axially moving the expander within said sleeve, and internal threading within said expander mates with an externally threaded feed rod which extends substantially the length of said housing and is secured to an actuating knob external of said housing.

Abstract: A container filled only partially with a pre-measured, exactly apportioned quantity of liquid active ingredient for one-time use closed in a pressure-tight manner by a closure made at least in part of a resilient material having self-resealing characteristics after piercing with a needle, and a reservoir filled with an aerosol propellant of a type incompatible with said active ingredient after a relatively short time when intermixed. The reservoir has a discharge valve with a hollow needle pushed through the resilient material of the closure and held by the material in a fluid-tight manner, whereby the container can be filled with the propellant only shortly before use of the active ingredient.

Abstract: A container holds a volume of water over a plant and has an opening closed by a plug that is formed of a water-soluble material configured and composed so that the plug dissolves after a predetermined interval to let the water flow onto an area to be watered. The container can have several openings at different heights and closed by plugs that dissolve after successively longer intervals for each lower opening. Then quantities of water are admitted to the plant as the plugs dissolve after 2- or 3-day intervals so that the plant is watered periodically.

Abstract: A castor for pulverous, granular or lumpy substances such as spices is disclosed. The castor comprises a hollow body, a cap insert provided with an aperture and adapted to close off an opening in the body apart from the aperture in the cap insert. The cap insert rotatably supports a cover slide provided with a sieve plate having a plurality of differently apertured regions which -- on rotation of the slide -- can be selectably positioned over the aperture in the cap insert. The slide is provided with a sleeve structure connected to the sieve plate and having a plurality of sleeve elements each encompassing a respective one of the apertured regions in the sieve plate. Each sleeve element extends substantially perpendicularly from the side of the sieve plate remote from the cap insert to contact the underside of a lid on the latter being received by the castor.

Abstract: Industrial vehicles including overhead guards of the type maintained in a first position by a weighted member and released to a second position when the weighted member is removed, are provided with a latch for latching the guard in the first position and movable to unlatch the guard for release to the second position.

Abstract: A container and a removable cover is provided with a flow control spout effected through alignable openings in the cover and the container and the cover and container are respectively provided with integral handle elements assembled when the cover is attached to the container.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle bumper comprising a single shaped element of thin sheet steel, having in cross-section a substantially "C" -- shaped profile which comprises a web and two flanges is disclosed. The web of the bumper presents, from its external surface, a series of depressions forming a plurality of ribs. The bumper presents a heightened resistance to bending and is at the same time very light and economical to manufacture.

Abstract: A diverter spout assembly includes a spout having a discharge opening, an inlet and a passageway therebetween. A valve mount is secured at a rear portion adjacent the inlet. The valve mount has a cavity therein which defines an inner chamber having a passage therethrough to the discharge opening. A diverter conduit is operably connected to the inner chamber. The diverter conduit is substantially transverse to the passage through the inner chamber. A jet nozzle is mounted within the inner chamber substantially aligned with the passage. The jet nozzle has a front open end aligned over the front surface of the diverter outlet to minimize water leakage and siphon effects through the diverter outlet when water passes through the discharge opening. A valve is operably mounted on the valve mount to close the inner chamber from the discharge opening so that water supplied from the inlet opening is diverted to the diverter conduit.

Abstract: A panel and hinge assembly that can be installed in the rigid roof of a vehicle such as an automobile or a van to permit entry of air and light from the top of the vehicle. A window unit of the assembly can be opened for ventilation and can be closed in weathertight relationship relative to a frame. The window unit is opened by pivotal movement with respect to the hinge assembly about a remote axis to permit clearing relationship of the window unit and a window seal. The hinge assembly permits easy removal of the window unit to provide an unobstructed opening on the roof of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mixing container comprising first and second cylindrical containers telescopically arranged. One form of the invention includes an upwardly extending channel in the side walls of the upper container together with an upper opening therein for permitting mixing of ingredients. Another form of the invention conceives of a rupturable membrane closing an opening in the bottom wall of the upper container. The upper container is provided with a ventable top closure.

Abstract: In a dispenser for powdered products, the bottom wall of the storage container comprises a stationary outlet spout forming a measuring chamber and cooperating with a horizontally displaceable valve member having upper and lower walls to obstruct the upper and lower ends of the spout in respective extreme positions of the valve member. The upper wall of the valve member is integral with an agitator member that is slidable along an inclined section of the bottom wall of the container.

Abstract: A liquid sampling device having a tubular section of flexible material having a wall defining a lumen for passage of liquid, and a rigid valve member positioned in the lumen and having a sealing surface for engaging against an inner surface of the tubular section and preventing passage of liquid through the lumen. The tubular section is pressed against the valve member to deform the wall of the tubular section and permit passage of a liquid sample between the valve member and tubular section. The valve member is rotated to a position with at least a portion of the sealing surface of the valve member spaced from the inner surface of the tubular section to permit passage of liquid between the valve member and tubular section.

Abstract: A self-sealing paste discharge device for dispensing semi-liquid substances especially such as are contained in a collapsible tube in which there is an elastic neck having an elastic closure slitted, the neck presenting a helical path to the slitted closure end so that when paste under pressure is forced through the helical path of the neck, pressure on the opposite sides of the path will open the slit or slits in the closure for the discharge of the paste therethrough, the relationship of the relative elasticity of the neck and closure to the viscosity of the paste being such that when the pressure on the paste is released, the parts on either side of the slit will come together and seal the discharge path.

Abstract: An adapter apparatus is employed to convert a standard collapsible baby stroller into a portable sleeper stroller. The adapter includes a pair of extension members which are received by two diagonal tubular elements on the collapsible frame of the stroller. A piece of fabric is suspended between the two extension members in such a fashion as to form a sling having a relatively horizontal base. A pillow is placed in the seat of the stroller so as to continue the horizontal plane established by the sling. The sling and pillow are then covered with a section of mattress material upon which a child may recline. The adapter also includes a T-shaped stop guard means at the end of the sling to prevent a child from slipping out of the end of the adapter and a pair of sidewall means to prevent a child from inadvertently rolling over the side of the stroller. A conventional baby stroller may be easily converted into a sleeper stroller by means of the invention.

Abstract: A vehicle step which includes a pair of pivotally supported levers or links to which are pivotally connected a pair of pivotally connected tread supporting members. Said members engage a transverse bar which together with the levers guide the tread in its movement so that it may be easily moved to extended or retracted positions with fingertip ease.

Abstract: An energy absorbing bumper assembly including a mounting means defined by metal mounting plates adapted for attachment to a vehicle and an elongated shell made of elastomeric material disposed adjacent or forwardly of the mounting plate. Urethane energy absorbing pairs of blocks are disposed adjacent the center line of the bumper assembly between the front face of the shell and the mounting plate. Each pair includes first and second members which are spaced vertically apart and define a cavity adjacent and interiorly the front face of the shell. Second energy absorbing urethane pairs of blocks are disposed adjacent the ends of the assembly between the front face of the shell and the mounting plate. The pairs define the first bumper means for absorbing a first quantity of energy resulting from specified impacts.

Abstract: A ski-sled attachment device for use secured to the bottom of the runners of a conventional snow sled which includes a base member of a configuration similar to a conventional snow ski which is generally flat and extends longitudinally to be adapted to be detachably secured to a sled runner to provide a wide surface to facilitate sledding in soft snow, the base member including a forward section which may include laterally extending channels in the upper surface thereof to aid in upward flexing to facilitate conforming of the base member to the upwardly curved contour of a conventional sled runner, the device including a plurality of locking means positioned along the upper surface of the base member to detachably secure the base member to the sled runner, each locking means being formed by a pair of tab members extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base member to define therebetween a guide means to receive the sled runner, the tab members including a laterally defined aperture therethrough, the d

Abstract: A caulking spout through which caulk may be dispensed from a dispenser into a corner joint at various angles of attack without an accompanying substantial change in the shape of the bead of caulk being dispensed. The spout comprises a body having a neck elongated along a body axis merging with a rounded tip traversing the axis and an outlet orifice formed in the rounded tip to one side of and off the body axis. An inlet orifice is formed in the end of the elongated neck distal the rounded tip. A channel communicates between the inlet and outlet orifices with a first channel portion extending from the inlet orifice along the body axis and merging with a second channel portion which diverges from the body axis and terminates at the outlet orifice.

Abstract: A universal spray can holder is longitudinally adjustable to securely hold an aerosol spray can and features an integral trigger mechanism to actuate the can valve. A built-in safety hood protects the spray can operator from missprayings, and from inhaling either can contents or can propellant.